Card Making: My Card Game Starts with the White Dragon

However, the sound disappeared in an instant, as if it were Zhou Hao's hallucination.

"I heard a faint thank you when the card was being made, and this time it's the same thing."

Could it be that this card, in that fleeting moment, somehow connected with its true form in the unseen realm?

Zhou Hao had no idea, nor did he have time to investigate further, as card production was the priority.

The next second, the brush moved swiftly, golden light flashed, and characters appeared smoothly on the scroll:

The Red Calabash Brothers originated from the innate spiritual root of Kunlun Mountain, nourished by the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

[Later, a white crane boy accidentally damaged his spiritual root while gathering herbs. The spiritual seed fell to earth and transformed into seven gourd brothers, with the red gourd brother being the eldest among them.]

Where the seven brothers were born, demons roamed the land, and the people suffered terribly. Fortunately, each of the seven brothers possessed supernatural powers, which enabled them to defeat the demons and restore peace to the region.

The Red Calabash Brothers possess immense strength, and their bodies can change size at will.

The Red Calabash Brothers' fighting style is fierce and ruthless, which demons greatly fear.

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The story behind the card design for "Calabash Brothers: Red Calabash" isn't difficult, since it's based on its brother "Yellow Calabash," and the story is largely the same.

As the story came to an end, the illusory images of the materials outside the painting also disappeared without a trace.

For Zhou Hao, drawing the simple sketches of the Calabash Brothers on the cards was even easier. With just a few strokes, the image of the Red Calabash Brother fighting against the demons leaped off the paper.

"Looks pretty good..."

On the card, the Red Calabash Brothers are as tall as a small mountain, and the trees around him look like grass.

His eyes widened in anger, and he lifted a huge boulder, ready to smash it down, revealing his true nature as a military general.

As the card design was completed, the entire scroll suddenly began to surge and churn.

Zhou Hao seemed to see a boy in a red shirt standing tall and holding a mountain, smashing it down on the fleeing monsters in the painting.

At the same time, Zhou Hao also saw some other scenes in the painting.

He was a young man with a completely different temperament from the "Red Calabash Brothers"—heroic, noble, and bold, exuding a captivating aura that was both divine and demonic.

He held up a giant cauldron, much larger than himself, with one hand, enjoying the amazement and praise of the crowd.

The giant cauldron was decorated with mountains, rivers, rare birds and animals, and looked extremely extraordinary.

If it were someone else, they might not know what this scene was like, but Zhou Hao could not possibly fail to recognize it.

This orphan of the Xiang clan of the Great Chu is clearly the young Xiang Yu, the Hegemon-King, and the painting depicts the legendary Hegemon-King lifting the tripod!

Such reenactments of historical scenes are also recorded in Guo Chen's notes, which are extremely rare examples of "historical echoes".

The so-called "historical echo" refers to a scene from a certain historical moment that is briefly re-emerged in the world due to the influence of some extraordinary force.

The triggering method, location, and time of 【Historical Echoes】 are all uncertain, making it a completely uncontrollable and serendipitous event.

Among the three major historical remnants—historical echoes, historical artifacts, and historical secrets—historical echoes are the most mysterious and have the greatest randomness.

The historical knowledge contained in "Historical Echoes" is far less detailed and rich than the latter two, often consisting of only a single image.

But each historical echo leaves behind a unique gift after it dissipates; some have obtained treasures from the mythical era from historical echoes.

That's right, we're talking about Chairman Guo Chen. The stone tablet that changed his destiny is a gift from "historical echoes".

However, not every gift from a [Historical Echo] is a present; for example, someone once triggered a [Historical Echo] involving [Demons Eating People].

After the echo of history dissipated, the person was faced with a hideous, blood-stained giant gate.

After the giant gate opened, countless evil spirits surged out and instantly tore the man apart and devoured him alive.

Later, the local card dealers' association went to great lengths to seal the giant gate.

This is a bit like opening a treasure chest in a game. You might open a chest full of treasure and artifacts, or you might open it and find the chest's health bar lit up.

But whatever the gifts of history may bring, one thing is certain.

That means this gift must be related to that scene from "Historical Echoes".

The historical echoes of the "Overlord Lifting the Cauldron" dish might leave behind a remnant of the Overlord's soul, or even the Yu King Cauldron that he lifted. But it would never give you a demon to jump out of your body.

Moreover, Zhou Hao had never heard of any "historical echo" being triggered during the card-making process.

Even if there is any danger, this is in my own mental space.

In their own mental space, card makers are almost like gods; any demons or monsters they encounter must be obediently controlled.

"I'd like to see what we'll find..."

As the image faded, the entire scroll condensed into a card emitting a soft purple light, which slowly fell from the sky.

Zhou Hao only glanced at it before knowing that the card production was a success.

"Although the card is not yet fully formed, the purple light it emits is already very strong. It's worth all the high-quality material cards I used."

Zhou Hao was already very skilled at creating summoning cards, and now his attention was mainly focused on the soon-to-disappear [Historical Echoes: Overlord Lifting the Tripod].

"What could it be? They're not really going to give me a pair of smelly straw sandals meant for onlookers, are they?"

As the "Calabash Brothers: Red Calabash Brother" card landed squarely in front of Zhou Hao, he focused his mind and began the final step in making the card—outlining the back of the card.

Whether it was as a result of Zhou Hao practicing the [Soul Imprint], the mental circuitry he used to draw the [Summoning Card] was easier than ever before.

As the final stroke was added, the entire card of 【Calabash Brothers - Red Calabash Brother】 radiated an even richer purple glow.

"Eh~!!"

With a loud shout, a flash of light appeared.

The Red Calabash Brothers suddenly jumped out of the card and shot straight into the sky.

The chubby-faced child glared angrily, heading straight for the fading "Historical Echoes: The Overlord Lifts the Tripod."

All I can say is that the eldest brother is indeed the eldest brother, a true military general. He jumped into the sky as soon as the card was completed, and even tried to snatch the cauldron from the "Historical Echoes: Overlord Lifts the Cauldron" card.

"【Historical Echoes】should be considered an illusion? It shouldn't have a physical form, and 【Red Calabash Brothers】shouldn't be able to touch that cauldron either."

Guo Chen's notes did not record what the consequences would be if they broke into the still-lingering "Historical Echoes," so Zhou Hao could not make a judgment.

Just as the Red Calabash Brothers were about to touch the illusory image of the cauldron, the cauldron transformed into countless shimmering particles and scattered away.

But those light particles did not disappear; instead, they instantly reassembled into an even larger phantom of a nine-colored cauldron, which slammed down on the [Red Calabash Brother].

"You think you can suppress my cards within my mental space?"

Just as Zhou Hao was about to lift up the nine-colored cauldron phantom with a single thought, [Red Calabash Brother] was also rubbing his hands together, preparing to resist the suppression of this giant cauldron phantom.

However, the next second, the phantom of the nine-colored cauldron passed right through the [Red Calabash Brothers] and then vanished into thin air.

Zhou Hao was puzzled, but suddenly he discovered that his body was faintly emitting a halo that was exactly the same as the phantom of the nine-colored cauldron.

"What do you mean? Are you coming for me?"

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